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Monday, December 23, 2013

Royal Profile: 23 Facts about Queen Silvia of Sweden

Queen Silvia of Sweden was born Silvia Renate Sommerlath the daughter of Walter & Alice Sommerlath on 23 December 1943 in Germany{Source}.

She spent her pre-teen and early teen years in Brazil where her father held various positions with Swedish companies that were based in Brazil{Source}.

When she was 14 years of age, the family returned to West Germany{Source}.

She attended high school in Düsseldorf, Germany, where she graduated in 1963{Source}.

From 1965-1969, she attended the Munich School of Interpreting, with a Spanish major{Source}.

Upon graduation, she began working as an interpreter at the Argentinean Consulate in Munich Germany{Source}.

In the early 1970s, she worked as a hostess trainer for the Organizing Committee for the Munich Olympic Games{Source}.

Then took a position as Deputy Head of Protocol of the Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976{Source}.